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General News of Thursday, 11 February 2021

Source: thenationonlineng.net

ACF condoles with Zulum

Governor Umaru Zulum Governor Umaru Zulum

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condoled with Borno State Governor Umaru Zulum over the death of three members of his entourage, an official ACF statement, made available to reporters on Wednesday in Kaduna has said.

The ACF, through its National Publicity Secretary Mr Emmanuel Yawe, said the forum received the news of the death of members of the Governor Zulum’s entourage as a result of a burst tyre while returning to Maiduguri from Mafa, the governor’s home town, with sadness.

“A traditional ruler, Mai Kanuribe of Lagos, whose car experienced the tyre burst and two others died, the Governor and his Deputy are unhurt,” the statement by Yawe noted, saying that the ACF condoled with the governor over the deaths. ACF regarded the incident as an added tragedy to the long-suffering people of Borno State.

“We regret that this is happening to the state when all hands should be on deck to repair the grave damage done to the state by insurgency,” the statement said.

The forum prayed that God would give the governor and the people of Borno State the fortitude to bear the tragic loss.